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The Shimkin Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1k
Granted FY2022
2
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$500
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

International$21kCivil Rights$8kHealth$4kArts & Culture$3kReligion$2kFood & Nutrition$1kEnvironment$1kPublic Benefit$1kOther$0
02FY2022 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACLU$500
ECPAT-USA (END CHILD PORNOGRAPHY & TRAFFICKING)$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%UNTOURS FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%NEIGHBORS LINK: $500 → 9%NEIGHBORS LINK: $100 → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
NM
DC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$24k · 8 repeat orgs$20k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +282% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2022, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
20

Total granted

$24k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+282%
+19%

Still filing today

50%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’22
InternationalHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • OXFAM-AMERICA INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $17k · revenue +8%
  • EI
    ECPAT-USA INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $2k · revenue +282%
  • CF
    CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC
    2× · 2018–2020 · $1k · revenue +185%

Funded once

  • THE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue -20%
  • AJ
    A JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +220%
  • GB
    GIRL BE HEARD INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue -60%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Human Rights Watch Inc

Human rights watch ("hrw") defends the rights of people worldwide. we scrupulously investigate abuses, expose the facts widely, and pressure those with power to respect rights and secure justice. human rights watch is an independent,…

International
2
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

Educational & charitable. to provide legal and scientific information to public interest attorneys and scientists in numerous countries.

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3
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
4
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
5
Partnersglobal

Partnersglobal (partners) works through a global network to support local leaders and create partnerships that transform conflict, strengthen democratic institutions, and achieve sustainable development.

International
6
Global Greengrants Fund

Global greengrants fund seeds grassroots environmental action and social justice through small grants. we support change from the ground up by channeling donations to local projects and grassroots campaigns for environmental justice around…

Environment
7
Women's Foodservice Forum

Accelerate the advancement of women leaders in the food industry. we believe in limitless opportunity for all women.

Food & Nutrition
8
Fund for Global Human Rights Inc

We are activists and grant-makers working in solidarity with individuals and organizations promoting human rights in their communities. by investing in those on the frontlines of human rights struggles, we help build stronger, more…

International
9
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
10
Womens Funding Network

Our mission as a global alliance is to provide strategies, research, and resources that support the critical agency and influence of women's foundations and gender justice funders in the movement for equality, justice, and power for all.

Education
11
World Hunger Relief Institute

World hunger relief institute equips people to alleviate hunger through education, research, and sustainable agriculture.

International
12
The Good Food Institute Inc

To harness the power of food innovation and markets to make the global food system better for the planet, people, and animals by supporting efforts to make alternative proteins accessible, affordable, and delicious.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Farmworker Justice Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Untours Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 28 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OXFAM-AMERICA INC: $17,000 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INCA JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE: $2,500 · InternationalA JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACEECPAT-USA INC: $2,100 · InternationalECPAT-USA INCMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 · International+1 more: $750 · InternationalFIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH UCC: $1,250 · OtherFIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURC…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR PUERTO RICO: $1,250 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR P…CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $1,200 · OtherCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INCSIERRA CLUB CT: $1,100 · OtherSIERRA CLUB CTSECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $1,000 · OtherSECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHECPAT-USA (END CHILD PORNOGRAPHY & TRAFFICKING): $1,000 · OtherECPAT-USA (END CHILD PORNO…ACLU: $1,000 · OtherACLUSIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT: $1,000 · OtherSIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL DEVE…TCIPROJECT EQUITY: $500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $400 · Other+4 more: $800 · Other+4 moreTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · HealthOvereaters Anonymous Inc: $200 · HealthGIRL BE HEARD INSTITUTE: $2,500 · Arts & CultureROWAYTON ARTS CENTER: $500 · Arts & CultureFARMWORKER JUSTICE FUND INC: $2,500 · Civil RightsNEIGHBORS LINK CORP: $600 · Human ServicesUNTOURS FOUNDATION: $500 · Human ServicesRURAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $500 · Community ImprovementTHE SHORELINE SOUP KITCHENS & PANTRIES INC: $250 · Food & Nutrition
International$23,350Other$10,500Health$3,200Arts & Culture$3,000Civil Rights$2,500Human Services$1,100Community Improvement$500Food & Nutrition$250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $17,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIRL BE HEARD INSTITUTE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFARMWORKER JUSTICE FUND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetECPAT-USA INC: $2,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GLOBAL HUNGER PROJECT: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORS LINK CORP: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROWAYTON ARTS CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRURAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNTOURS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SHORELINE SOUP KITCHENS & PANTRIES INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOvereaters Anonymous Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Ford FoundationVanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Ford FoundationNY15× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ford Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Shimkin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Shimkin Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Rowayton Arts Center: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to The Shimkin Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Shimkin Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 28 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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